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Like many of you, I enjoy viewing and learning about antiques that aren't sports related. We all love collecting, history, and the thrill of the hunt. Are there books about antiques, collecting, and collectors you enjoy reading? Here are two I believe many of you will appreciate.
FYI, the Hidden Treasures book is as much about the Keno's learning how to evaluate antiques, adventures as kids and as they aged, and on finds. It was very entertaining. The Brimfield book is about art dealers, but the adventures are fun to read about.
I don't buy books like this, but inter-library loans are a great way to go.
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There is a great book on book collectors that I believe is titled Bibliomania, but I am not sure. Each chapter discusses more than one collector, ranging from more than a thousand years ago until today (John Larroquette's (sp) collection of modern first editions represent the newest collector). There is also a fascinatingly detailed report on a convicted book/manuscript thief that delves into his methods and what he stole.
I too have read the Brimfield book and I enjoyed it as well. I did fairly well this past Brimfield despite hitting the fields on the second to last day (I picked up an early oddball baseball program, a Reach guide, and some 1950s Yankee wire photos (fax type), as well as Boy Scout memorabilia, all for very good prices). I always hear that it is not how it used to be, but I typically find something that makes it wotrth my while each time I go to the Brimfield shows.
Alan Elefson
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Yes, by all means, order it now! You'll love it--I guarantee it!
Once you receive it, skip forward to the section devoted to the prolific book theif Steve Blumberg. It is one of the most fascinating accounts of deviant human behavior I've ever had the pleasure to read! Kind of a melding of the Collier Brothers/cat burglar/Asperger Syndrome. The author is a wonderful writer.
Agreed. There is another great book called "The Poet and The Murderer" which details his exploits. Highly recommended. Nothing like a reading about a Mormon forger who finally gets what he deserves!
This message has been edited by JBirkholm on Jul 20, 2008 9:36 PM
I just finished reading "Hubert's Freak's", a wonderful (true) story about the storage locker "find" of a suitcase full of an archive of a Times Square freak show that included a large number of Diane Arbus photographs. The book reads like a novel and is as good a description of collecting/art/dealing as I've ever read. AND...after the book was published an auction of the photographs was stopped with their disposition tied up in a court case, so this ain't over yet. GREAT!
Jodi, I remember seeing a segment on the author of "A Gentle Madness" on an episode of A&E's old Incurable Collector series. I remember he had a rule that he did not loan out his books!
This book is about a stamp dealer and was originally written like 50 years ago, but the lessons and the author's philosophy apply to all area's of collecting. Plus it is an pretty interesting book and a quick read.
